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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1901
Page
3
A sweeping recap notes trains robbed near Texarkana, labor strikes in steel and chainmaking, international tensions at Bocas Del Toro and Colon, and a London ecumenical conference. Other items cover Oregon census data, Pan American exhibits, and a surge of border activity. Key figures include Roosevelt remarks on wealth, and trials of labor and political figures across the United States and abroad.
Paris reports Munir Bey attended a Turkish Embassy fete despite Franco Turkish rift. France orders him to leave. Turkey faces internal unrest in Armenia, Macedonia, and Albania. Albanian brigandage and a death of Nouri Bey are noted. Delcassne and Constans confer as France presses Turkey to pay outstanding claims.
Prince Chun and his entourage left Basel at 11 tonight aboard the Imperial special train bound for Berlin. Emperor William reportedly waived ceremonial kowtow, with only Prince Chun and Ying Chang to be received in audience. The mission plans to stay in Berlin for a fortnight and has invitations from Britain, Italy, the United States, Belgium, and Japan.
Baker City bonds for water rights worth 20000. A. B. Hammond buys 50000 acres of timber land near Portland. Eastern Oregon mine yields 50 per cent gold ore at Virtue. Copper Stain mine near Grants Pass reports rich vein. Marshfield fair licenses many skin games. Siuslaw hatchery to expand output. Ducks season brings hunters from Albany. Chinese pheasants threat noted in Willamette Valley. Pendleton bicycle thief escapes after abandoning bike. Weston mountains report a five foot owl. Webb street Pendleton improvement by crushing large boulders. Sheep and cattle losses from poison weeds and gunfire noted.
Berlin reports Count von Bulow has overcome the Chun difficulty smoothing tensions. Prince Chun will apologize without humiliation, and the public mood is relieved. The Chinese Minister to Germany opposed prostration, warning such a ceremony would deny equal status among diplomats. Count von Bulow did not return to Nordeney to finish his interrupted holiday.
Constantinople reports that M Bapat of the French Embassy and staff toured the guardship Vauteur to mark the Sultan’s accession anniversary without harbor illumination. Turkish officials received only partial salaries. A report of Germany offering good offices to settle the France dispute is confirmed and Germany will urge the Porte to resolve with France promptly.
The Northport Smeltermen’s Union responds to the injunction claiming sensational charges. It argues that most stock in the smelter company is held by subjects of King Edward who lack land ownership rights here. Bela Kadish, the smelter’s superintendent, is accused of offering a $2000 bribe to an officer to dissolve the union. The union asserts the right to speak to anyone willing to hear them and to tell facts by peaceful means.
London report notes Andrew Carnegie presented £100 to four miners Sheddon Law Jones and Dick in recognition of conspicuous bravery during the rescue of comrades at the recent Doinbristle colliery disaster in Perthshire.
Examining boards in Washington and San Francisco resume screening of applicants for assistant surgeon posts in the Army. Seventy six vacancies remain open and authorities aim to fill the Medical Department to its full legal limit as soon as possible, giving all eligible candidates the chance to be examined and commissioned if qualified.
The international yacht wager between an English syndicate led by Walter J Kingaley and Pittsburgers led by William J Mustin closed with $400000 placed in stakes. Kingsley furnished $150000 in British bank notes while Mustin supplied a $250000 certified check. The deal is hailed as the greatest bet in history.
A list of commodity prices includes wheat, flour, oats, barley, millstuff, hay, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, mutton, sheep, hogs, veal, beef, hops, wool, mohair, and potatoes with per unit rates. Additional notes report Brazil producing 350,000 tons of coffee from a 600,000 ton global crop, UK population surpassing France in 1892, Holland's windmills draining land, Italy and Spain housing figures, Argentina as the republic with most, and historical chronology back to 2200 B C. A surgeon general contest looms. a year-old girl travels from York to Colorado. Staten Island sanitary actions target mosquito breeding ponds.
Berlin reports Emperor William received Prince Chun and the Chinese mission with a formal, somber ceremony at Potsdam. The event emphasized expiation for a crime, with the emperor imposing a stern, ceremonial dignity while the envoy showed visible emotion.
New Orleans September 5 The crop report by Secretary Hester lists 1900-01 U S cotton at 10,383,422 bales up from 9,426,416 last year and 11,274,840 the year before Mills in the South used 1,620,930 bales, 23,819 more than 1899-1900. The excess over last year is 947,006 bales, giving the South a crop value of 494,567,549 dollars, the highest on record. Hester notes 891,418 fewer bales than the prior peak still yields 211,794,562 dollars more in value.
Berlin reports the third class cruiser Wach sunk off Arkona after colliding with battleship Sachsen in the Baltic. No lives were lost. The steel cruiser, built 1887, displaced 1250 tons, 262 feet long, 31.5 foot beam, 13.9 feet draft, with a two inch armored deck, crew of 126, armed with four 3.4 inch guns, two small quick-firers and three torpedo tubes, capable of about 19 knots.
A London dispatch reports Richard Croker plans to settle in rural England and pursue citizenship by studying English manners and customs. He hopes to live in a country house in a picturesque county and prove himself fit for British nationality.
A Herald dispatch from Maracaibo reports regular sums of considerable importance reach General Uribe Uribe via banker Isquierdo Stebin who once traded as a Colombian merchant and amassed a large fortune.
Acting Interior Secretary Ryan has upheld the protest against the Bonanza Lode Claim patent to George Harkrader and others, in the dispute with the Juneau Alaska townsite. The decision sustains the townsite opposition to the lode claim patent.
New York reports Caroline Schroder of Brooklyn fell 80 feet into the Gorge of Kaaterskil after misstepping near the edge. She was found unconscious but unharmed aside from bruises, with three men lowering to aid her. Physicians say she will suffer no serious consequences.
Washington reports confirm a telegram sent August 24 to Caracas and Bogota directing Venezuelan and Colombian ministers to inform their foreign secretaries of the distress over possible disturbances in relations. The U S would regret any action endangering Isthmus transit or neutrality, and seeks amicable solutions with both nations. Venezuela and Colombia reportedly acknowledge notes. both sides express conciliatory aims to avoid war.
Four months after the Exposition Company formed the first stake for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition was driven at Forest Park St. Louis Officials and directors joined William H. Thompson David R. Francis C P Walbridge and Board of Public Improvements members in dedicating the site The plan centers on foundation lines radiating from the stake to erect the principal buildings including agricultural mines and minerals fisheries transportation and fine arts in the 1903 fair district.
A Cape Town dispatch reports that Dewet issued a proclamation promising to shoot all British troops found in the Orange River Colony after September 15. Commandant Mayburg allegedly ordered that armed colonials captured after that date be executed. Captain Wellis, with 25 men, was ambushed near Meiringspoort. he and two escaped, three were killed, four wounded, and the rest who surrendered were released after taking neutrality oaths.
A Paris dispatch to the Times reports that religious orders leaving France meet cooler receptions abroad. Belgian bishops impose near veto restrictions, Italy warns of safeguards, Swiss cantons ban foreign communities, and Germany signals similar steps.
In a Panama dated August 21 report to the State Department Consul-General Gudger notes no change in political conditions since August 12. Both sides still recruit and await developments. Revolutionists on railroad lines continue depredations on Chinamen.
The Automobile Club of America announced consent for the Buffalo to Erie 100 mile road race and the annual sweepstakes over that course on September 19. Governors will stage a week of sports at the Stadium during Sept 16 to 21, including the mile record race.
President McKinley was shot and seriously wounded at the Temple of Music during a Pan American reception in Buffalo. An assailant with a concealed revolver fired twice as he shook hands, one bullet lodging near the breastbone, the other hitting the abdomen. The suspect, Fred Nieman of Detroit, claimed anarchist duty then recanted. Detected near the scene, the attacker was arrested and jailed. the President underwent emergency surgery with a second operation to locate the abdominal bullet. Mrs McKinley faced the attack with remarkable composure.
Lotter's commando fell to Major Scholl at Pietersburg. One hundred three prisoners were taken, 12 Boers killed, 46 wounded, and 200 horses seized. Lord Kitchener’s Pretoria report lists 19 killed, 42 wounded, 62 captured, naming Commandants Lotter and Breedt, Field Cornets J Kruger and W Kruger, and Lt Shoeman among the dead.
Topeka police suspect murder and robbery in the Sept 9 fire that killed Edlah Hounsom at her residence 132 Kline Street. origin of the blaze remains unknown and motive outlined by investigators.
Newark New Jersey September 9 the death list from the North Central wreck near Fairville last week has grown to sixteen with the death today of Mrs William Lee Munyon of Port Gibson.
Shanghai dispatch notes the Rajputs depart, leaving a single native regiment to guard the British settlement. The German garrison totals about 800 and is actively expanding, leasing a large tract within the general settlement for three years with a six year option. Germans fence, build barracks, and storehouses amid sharp British opposition.
In Chicago on September 9 witnesses for the defense testified in a conspiracy case brought by the head of the Independent Catholic Church. Defendants including Bishop Kozlowski and Dr Stanislaw Slominski accused Kozlowski of being responsible for patient deaths at St Anthony Hospital and alleged poisoning and misappropriation of funds.
Hope for recovery grows as Secretary Cortelyou reports the President was shot around 4 PM with two bullets. One struck the upper breast, the other penetrated the stomach with silk stitches closing the wounds. Despite a cautious prognosis, the President is rallying and resting, with temperatures and vitals posted in later updates.
A Ness City cloudburst drenched the town with over eight inches of rain. Bridges and sidewalks washed out, cellars flooded, and several small business buildings were undermined or ruined. No lives were reported in Ness County’s 1000 residents on the Santa Fe line.
In Cleveland on September 9 ninety people who ate clams at a lunch for the opening of a new public building have been ill with alleged ptomaine poisoning. No deaths reported but many remain bedridden.
New York September 9 surgeons at Bellew hospital decide that cyclist John Nelson must have his leg amputated to save his life after gangrene set in following injuries.
Butte Montana reports a severe storm sweeping the state since morning. An intense cold spell brings heavy snow and threatened crop damage with more on the way.
An engineer from the Canadian Marine Department reports Cape Race lighthouse is older and its light is lower than advertised reducing the visible horizon. He also suggests fog whistle modifications to two blasts of five seconds to aid navigation.
Pantzi¢ reports Em peror William invites Prince to attend autumn events in Berlin while Carbondale Ill notes jockey Clathy killed at Jackson County fair in Murphysboro after a race mishap. He and other riders were thrown as mounts fell leading to fatal injuries and burial amid the chaos.
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